Listening Practice

À la gare

Practice your French listening comprehension with this dialog about buying train tickets.

  A2 - Low-Intermediate French 

Grammar Lessons

Verbs of Perception: Word Order

Word order with French verbs of perception depends on whether the infinitive has a subject and/or direct object, and whether these are nouns or pronouns.

  word order 

Expressions

Être à côté de la plaque

If you don't want to be way off the mark, read this lesson on the idiomatic French expression être à côté de la plaque.

  informalities 

Reading Practice

Client est roi ?

The expression le client est roi exists in French, but why?

  B1 - Intermediate French 

Quizzes and Tests

Mes vacances idéales – Conditional Quiz

Test yourself on the French conditional with this fill-in-the-blanks exercise:

   Mes vacances idéales

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Expressions

Soir / soirée Expressions

Learn some French expressions and phrases with the somewhat synonymous words soir and soirée.

Grammar Lessons

Un vs l’un

Do you know the difference between un and l'un? If you answered, "Huh? Why would you ever put l' in front of un?" then this is the lesson for you.

  articles • B2 - Upper-Intermediate French • formalities • pronouns 

Expressions

Raconter des salades

Learn how to spin yarns with the idiomatic French expression raconter des salades.

  informalities 

Reading Practice

Symboles de Dijon

Les deux symboles de Dijon se trouvent sur l'église Notre-Dame, un chef d'œuvre d'architecture gothique.

  B1 - Intermediate French 

Quizzes and Tests

Vacances en Normandie: Future Quiz

Test yourself on future conjugations with this fill-in-the-blanks exercise:

   Mes vacances en Normandie

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Linguistics

Fautes de français qui deviennent des règles

Some language mistakes are so widespread that they eventually become rules. Learn about some of these while working on your advanced French listening comprehension in this fascinating radio show with transcript and translation.

  C1 - Advanced French 

Grammar Lessons

Past Subjunctive Conjugations

The past subjunctive is a compound verb form, conjugated with the subjunctive of the auxiliary verb plus the past participle.

  conjugation lessons 

Expressions

Oh là là !

Oh my! It's a lesson on the French expression oh là là !

  exclamations • French in English 

Reading Practice

Cathédrale de Strasbourg

Terminée en 1439 après des siècles de construction, la Cathédrale Notre Dame de Strasbourg est asymétrique et extraordinaire.

  B1 - Intermediate French 

Expressions

Est-ce que

Is it a question or an expression? Learn all about the essential French phrase est-ce que.

  A1 - Beginning French • informalities • questions